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  • March 2012 Visa Bulletin Shows More Rapid Movement for India and China
    February 9, 2012 - 11:04am

    The Department of State Visa Bulletin for March 2012 is showing another four months of advancement in the employment-based second categories for natives of China and India.  This is slower than the moves we have seen in recent months, but brings the EB 2 category to May 1, 2010, reducing the backlog to just over two years.  Those born in India or China with priority dates prior to May 1, 2010 should contact an attorney and prepare their adjustment applications quickly in order to be able to file before the end of March 2012.  It is possible the numbers will retrogress signifi

  • USCIS Error Causes Unnecessary RFE’s
    January 28, 2012 - 9:14pm

    According to a conversation between Kathleen Gasparian and an adjustment of status officer at USCIS earlier this week, a processing glitch at USCIS is causing unnecessary requests for evidence (RFE’s) to issue.  The adjudicators who process I-765, applications for work authorization, were incorrectly told to use applicants’ birth certificates for adjudicating the form and have been taking them from the adjustment packet.

  • January 2012 Order Reaffirms Khalid Decision in Fifth Circuit
    January 28, 2012 - 9:13pm

    On January 14, 2012 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s petition for rehearing of the landmark Khalid case decided on September 8, 2011.  This reaffirms the Court’s prior decision and its holding that the Act allows derivative beneficiaries – including children – of petitions to retain their parent’s original petition filing date, when the children turn 21 during the period waiting for the parent to immigrate.

  • H-1B Filing Season Begins April 1
    January 28, 2012 - 9:12pm

     

  • New Poverty Guidelines for 2012
    January 28, 2012 - 9:11pm

    As of January 26, new 2012 poverty guidelines published by the Department of Health and Hospitals have gone into effect.
     

  • SEVIS Guidance Regarding Driver’s Licenses and Social Security Numbers
    January 28, 2012 - 9:08pm

     

  • Early Results Show New Prosecutorial Discretion Policy Helps Few
    January 28, 2012 - 9:06pm

    A New York Times Article from January 19 outlines the results of the fast-track review of pending deportation cases in the Denver Immigration Court.  Denver and Baltimore were used as test cases for the new policy, and results from Denver indicate that only 16% of those currently in proceedings were deemed eligible for administrative closure of their removal proceedings.

  • Visa Bulletin Predictions
    January 28, 2012 - 9:04pm

     

  • USCIS Conducts Press Conference on New Waiver Proposals
    January 28, 2012 - 9:03pm

    On January 6, USCIS held a press conference to discuss the major changes it proposed earlier this month to the I-601 waiver process.  See our breaking news from January 9 for more information on the proposal.

  • Obama Issues Executive Order to Promote Foreign Visitors
    January 28, 2012 - 9:01pm